A personal article this one…
Rachael gave birth to Esmé Faith this morning (26th July 2008 ) at 4:20 AM BST. She weighed 7lb 2oz, for those looking for metric measurements please go to Brussels where you will (unlike here) be welcomed.
Mother and baby are doing fine. Kate (2 years, 2 months old) is running around saying “You must go to sleep! Don’t wake the baby.” Followed by bellows of “SILENCE!” I don’t know where she got that from.
On a technical aspect, I was impressed with the midwifery team, as soon as the baby was built they ran all the unit tests (developed before the baby was, naturally) and could easily indicate a successful build.
A small subset of pictures is below.
About 15 minutes old
A few hours old
All together at home
July 26, 2008 at 19:01 |
Congratulations Tom, glad to see the clan is getting bigger. Enjoy having more idea of what to do the second time round!
July 26, 2008 at 22:03 |
Many Congrats to you all, she is a little treasure. What a lovely name too. I’m sure Kate will make a wonderful big sister. Enjoy the fun and games ahead, it is good fun and much easier the 2nd time – or it could just be you become accustomed to the sleep deprivation!! Lots of love, Karen, Justin, Colm and Ciara xxxx
July 27, 2008 at 03:07 |
Congratulations Tom and Rachel,
Only 13 more to go for the first all-girl Hobbs rugby squad!
Take it easy, Mark.
July 29, 2008 at 16:16 |
Congratulations!!! What a lovely family you 4 are together! All the best and catch up with you later!!! Rachel, Peter, & Elizabeth x x x